Reinforced shirt.



B. KRONTHAL.

REINFORCED SHIRT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.15. 1915.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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B. KRONTHAL.

RHNFORCED SHIRT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-15.1915

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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BENJAMIN KRONTHAL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

REINFORCED snrnr.

Application filed February 15, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN Knox- THAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful'Improvement in Reinforced Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in garment manufacture, and more particularly to the manufacture of shirts.

The object of my invention is to provide a design of shirt and reinforcing means therefor, which will'be particularly strong and durable and at the same time simple in construction and economical of manufacture.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a reinforcing means which will not be conspicuous nor detract from the appearance of the finished shirt.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be more fully brought out in connection with the following detailed description of one specific embodiment of the same.

In this description reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a rear face or back view of the upper body-portion and sleeves of a shirt constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear face or back view of the inside of the shirt shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. l is an enlarged section on the line 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to. the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the back member of the bodyportion of a shirt. This back member being stitched to the front member of the shirt along seams 11, the back and front members being curved to conform to the body at the arm-hole portion, as indicated at 12 in Fig. 3. The form of shirt I have illustrated has its back member 10 extended completely up to the neckrear face 15 of the sleeves.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Serial No. 8,281.

portion 18 meeting the curved portion 12 of the body-portion 10, so that the sleeve and body merge into a smoothly curved line along the seam, as shown.

For the purpose of reinforcing the construction of shirt illustrated by the inside view (Fig. 3), I provide a reinforcing member designated as a whole by 20, and having sleeve-portions 21 which lie over the back faces 15 of the sleeves, and are stitched thereto and to the front members 22 of the sleeves (see Fig. 4) along the same stitchlines 16, 16 by which the front and rear sleeve members 15, 22 are secured together, and a body-portion 23 which is preferably formed integral with the sleeve portions 21 and lies over, reinforces and conceals the seams 14 by which the sleeves are joined to the body-portion. The body-portion 23 of the reinforcing member is stitched to the neck-band 13 at its upper end, and is pref erably cut away in the form of a half circle, as shown at 24c, on its lower end, the semicircular cut terminating in inclined ends 25 which meet the side seams 11 at a point sligtly below the intersections. of these seams with the sleeve seams 14, so that the latter are concealed from view and reinforced and protected throughout their lengths by the reinforcing member. As shown in Fig. 2, the sleeve-portions 21 of the reinforcing member are carried completely to the ends of the sleeves and stitched to the cuffs along the lines 26. As seen in Fig. 1, a shirt constructed in accordance with my invention presents a finished appearance which does not suggest the presence of any reinforcing means, the reinforcing member being stitched to the shirt body and sleeves in such a manner as to blend into the outlines of the garment, and at the same time to adequately reinforce the back-portions of the sleeves, the seams by which the sleeves are secured to the body'portion, and the yoke.

While I have shown and described in considerable detail one specific embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not regard my invention as limited to these particular features of construction, eX- cept in so far as I have included such limitations within the terms of the following claim, in which it is my intention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly as is permissible, in view of the prior art.

What I regard as neW and desire to secure by Letters Patent is c n.

In a garment of the character described,

in combination, a body portion having asleeves secured to the front and rear edges i of the arm holes, the upper seams connecting the front and back members of each I sleeve running from the free, ends of'the Copies of this patent may be obtainedior five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner. of Patents, Washington, D. C.

, sleeve, said reinforcing member being cured to the'sleeves along the same seams v j 1,158,938 Q free end of one sleeve over the back thereof and across the back of the body :portion of the shirt and to the free end of the other V Which secure the'front and back members of the sleeve together. 7

BENJAMIN KRJONTHAL;

In presence of IFRANK A. HOWARD,

E. DJSTE LE.

sleeves to the neck opening, and a single 

